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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161318 | Enterprise service availability through identity preservation Systems and methods are described for service availability that provides automated recovery of server service in a timely and application intelligent manner, maintaining application consistency and integrity, while preserving server identity. The systems and methods... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161319 | Integrating content-laden storage media with storage system Integrating content into a storage system with substantially immediate access to that content. Providing high reliability and relatively easy operation with a storage system using redundant information for error correction. Having the storage system perform a “vir... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8065556 | Apparatus and method to manage redundant non-volatile storage backup in a multi-cluster data storage system An apparatus and method to manage redundant non-volatile storage (“NVS”) data backups in a data storage system comprising (n) clusters, wherein each cluster comprises a processor and a cache, and wherein each cache comprises a first NVS portion and a second NVS ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065555 | System and method for error correction in cache units A method and a processor may include storing a first set of data in a data array in a cache unit substantially concurrently to reading a second set of data from the data array, and using the second set of data to generate error correction data corresponding to the f... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028191 | Methods and systems for implementing shared disk array management functions Multiple Array Management Functions (AMFs) are connected to multiple redundancy groups over a storage area network (SAN), such as a fiber-channel based SAN. The multiple AMFs share management responsibility of the redundancy groups, each of which typically includes ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8006125 | Automatic detection and recovery of corrupt disk metadata Provided is a technique to automatically detect and recover a computer system after a failed attempt to read a partition, for example, a failed attempt to boot a target operating system, caused by corrupt disk metadata, such as a corrupt partition table metadata or ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996709 | Remote data mirroring system A method for data protection includes accepting data for storage from one or more data sources (24). The data is sent for storage in a primary storage device (28) and in a secondary storage device (32). While awaiting an indication of successful... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991739 | Real time backup system for computer users This invention involves tracking and backing all the information that a user generates on its computer devices (including embedded devices) in real time. The local user server records all user actions and gestures (via various means that include TV cameras). All of ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984325 | Storage control device, data recovery device, and storage system When data in one semiconductor memory device is corrupted during a padding process by a padding unit and the data cannot be recovered even by using an error correcting code for correcting a data error, a storage control device issues a data recovery request to a dat... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979735 | Data storage with snapshot-to-snapshot recovery A method for data storage includes creating first and second copies of a logical volume, such that the first and second copies are represented by respective first and second sets of pointers to physical storage locations in which data used by the copies is stored. R... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975168 | Storage system executing parallel correction write If a failure occurs in any of a plurality of data disks, and if a controller receives a read request from a host computer for the RAID group including the failed data disk, the controller performs data recovery using data stored in the other data disks in the RAID g... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7975169 | Memory preserved cache to prevent data loss A method, system, and computer program product for preserving data in a storage subsystem having dual cache and dual nonvolatile storage (NVS) through a failover from a failed cluster to a surviving cluster is provided. A memory preserved indicator is initiated to m... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971091 | Network configuration backup and restore operations using continuous data protection Systems and methods for performing replication operations on a continuous data protection system. Exemplary systems include a continuous data protection system configured to save a series of transactions of a production application, the continuous data protection sy... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971092 | Methods and devices for high performance consistency check Methods and devices for reading data from a plurality of storage devices belonging to a plurality of spans and checking consistency (e.g., XOR parity check) of data belonging to each span independently of another span in one embodiment. Methods and devices for readi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962780 | Command sequence numbering apparatus and method A method, system, and computer program product to preserve data integrity in a mirror and copy environment is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a write command and data from a host device. The method may further include writing the ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962779 | Systems and methods for a distributed file system with data recovery The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed info... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958388 | Methods and systems for a storage system A storage system that may include one or more memory sections, one or more switches, and a management system. The memory sections include memory devices and a section controller capable of detecting faults with the memory section and transmitting messages to the man... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958389 | Recording/reproducing apparatus for performing RMW for low, recording/reproducing method therefor, and information storage medium therefor Replacement data for updating data recorded on an information storage medium is recorded in an area for logical overwrite (LOW) replacement; replacement data for replacing a defect generated on the medium is recorded in an area for defect replacement; and, if a defe... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954003 | Fault management system in multistage copy configuration A data storing system including: a first, second and third storage systems providing first, second and third logical volumes; wherein the first logical volume and the second logical volume forms a first replication pair which indicates the first logical volume is a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949895 | Data reading method According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for controlling a controller connected to a plurality of storage units which are arranged in a redundant configuration, the controller reading data stored in the plurality of storage units in accordance with requests... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945810 | Virtual disk drive system and method A disk drive system and method capable of dynamically allocating data is provided. The disk drive system may include a RAID subsystem having a pool of storage, for example a page pool of storage that maintains a free list of RAIDs, or a matrix of disk storage blocks... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941695 | Virtual disk drive system and method A disk drive system and method capable of dynamically allocating data is provided. The disk drive system may include a RAID subsystem having a pool of storage, for example a page pool of storage that maintains a free list of RAIDs, or a matrix of disk storage blocks... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941694 | Asymmetric data mirroring An asymmetric data mirroring method with a local storage device and a remote storage device being separated by large distances is disclosed. A server determines a predetermined time period associated with a round trip latency between the server and a remote storage ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937614 | Volume and failure management method on a network having a storage device A SAN manager acquires configuration information from devices constituting a SAN and produces a corresponding relationship between a host computer and a virtual volume (virtual volume mapping) and a corresponding relationship between the host computer and a real vol... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934120 | Storing data redundantly A method for storing data blocks, including forming the data blocks into groups comprising N·M data blocks, where N and M are different positive integers. For every group, the N·M data blocks are assigned to correspond to elements of an array comprising N rows and... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930585 | Recovery of a failed file transfer between a host and a data storage device Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus, method and computer readable medium for recovering from a failed or aborted outgoing data transfer operation from a host device to a peripheral storage device. In some embodiments, before the peripheral st... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930586 | Error rate reduction for memory arrays A RAID 6 system, which has two strips to hold redundant data, employs a memory array controller that at each “read” operation considers not just the data but also the redundant information, even in the absence of any indication from the collection of memory cont... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925918 | Rebuilding a failed disk in a disk array Provided are a method for operating a disk array, a disk array, and a rebuilding process. The disk array comprises a plurality of data disks and a parity disk. A failed data disk in the disk array is detected and the failed data disk is isolated from the disk array.... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925919 | Disk management method, disk management device and storage system A disk management method for managing a disk management device for writing and reading data to and from a disk drive in which a recording medium is managed in a first control unit. The disk management method includes an error checking operation for checking an error... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921328 | Checkpoint consolidation for multiple data streams A mirror destination storage server receives mirror update data streams from several mirror source storage servers. Data received from each mirror is cached and periodic checkpoints are queued, but the data is not committed to long-term storage at the mirror destina... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917803 | Data conflict resolution for solid-state memory devices In a particular embodiment, a controller is disclosed that is adapted to control read/write access to a storage media. The controller includes data corruption detection logic to reconstruct a logical block address (LBA) lookup table from metadata stored at the stora... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917802 | Write omission detector, write omission detecting method, and computer product A device adaptor that controls a disk, wherein a storage area is divided into a plurality of blocks, detects a block that includes a read error. Next, the device adaptor detects a write omission in blocks that are within a predetermined range from the block that inc... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913109 | Storage control apparatus and storage control method A storage control apparatus monitors whether or not one or more storage management apparatuses are properly operating. A recovery target extraction unit extracts a recovery target storage area when the existence of a malfunctioning storage management apparatus is de... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913110 | Electronic circuit with a memory matrix that stores pages including extra data An apparatus comprises a memory with a matrix (10) with rows and columns of memory cells. A read access circuit (14, 16, 18) executes a read command to read a retrieval unit comprising data from a row of the memory cells from the matrix (10) and... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7904748 | Remote disaster recovery and data migration using virtual appliance migration A technique efficiently creates and serves a backup data set on a backup filer located at a remote site from a primary filer by essentially moving an entire operating environment of a primary data set to the backup filer. The primary filer is organized into one or m... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904747 | Restoring data to a distributed storage node A method is disclosed for operating a data storage system having one or more network interfaces and a plurality of data storage nodes configured to provide redundant storage locations. The method includes storing a set of node partitions on a given storage node of t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904749 | Fast data recovery from HDD failure A storage system comprises a first storage device having a first plurality of hard disk drives and a first controller. The first controller stores data in the first plurality of hard disk drives by stripes. Each stripe includes M data and N parity data allocated to ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900084 | Reliable memory for memory controller with multiple channels One embodiment of the invention includes a memory RAS mode whereby a multi-channel memory controller utilizes both memory mirroring and memory sparing to form more complete memory redundancy loss protection. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890795 | Auto-adapting cache memory system and memory A system, method and computer program product for detecting a failed storage device within an “n” device array. The “n” device array is configured to store “n” device array formatted data. The “n” device array is reconfigured into an “n−1” devi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886184 | Multiple sourcing storage devices for ultra reliable mirrored storage subsystems One aspect of the invention is a method for configuring an array of storage devices to reduce the probability of data loss due to clustered storage device failures in the array. An example of this method includes identifying all storage devices in a primary set of s... | 02/08/2011 |
